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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 15: Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, a retired airline captain famous for landing a commercial jet on the Hudson River, along with passengers and crew members from the flight, raise glasses of champagne on a New York Waterway ferry in the middle of the Hudson River to celebrate the five year anniversary of "The Miracle on the Hudson" at a press conference and photo opportunity on January 15, 2014 in New York City. On January 15, 2009, Sullenberger took off from La Guardia airport while piloting US Airways Flight 1549 with 150 passengers and five crew members. The plane hit a goose shortly after take off, forcing Sullenberger to land the plane in the Hudson River; no one was killed. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2009 file photo, passengers in an inflatable raft move away from US Airways Flight 1549 that went down in the Hudson River in New York. Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III, First Officer Jeff Skiles and some passengers who were on the plane on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 are expected to join some of the ferry crews who rescued them from the cold waters five years ago. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 15: Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger (C), a retired airline captain famous for landing a commercial jet on the Hudson River,hugs a passenger from the flight on a New York Waterway ferry during a celebration for the five year anniversary of "The Miracle on the Hudson" at a press conference and photo opportunity on January 15, 2014 in New York City. On January 15, 2009, Sullenberger took off from La Guardia airport while piloting US Airways Flight 1549 with 150 passengers and five crew members. The plane hit a goose shortly after take off, forcing Sullenberger to land the plane in the Hudson River; no one was killed. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 15: Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger (C), a retired airline captain famous for landing a commercial jet on the Hudson River, celebrates the five year anniversary of "The Miracle on the Hudson" at a press conference and photo opportunity on January 15, 2014 in New York City. On January 15, 2009, Sullenberger took off from La Guardia airport while piloting US Airways Flight 1549 with 150 passengers and five crew members. The plane hit a goose shortly after take off, forcing Sullenberger to land the plane in the Hudson River; no one was killed. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 15: Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger (C), a retired airline captain famous for landing a commercial jet on the Hudson River, celebrates the five year anniversary of "The Miracle on the Hudson" at a press conference and photo opportunity on January 15, 2014 in New York City. On January 15, 2009, Sullenberger took off from La Guardia airport while piloting US Airways Flight 1549 with 150 passengers and five crew members. The plane hit a goose shortly after take off, forcing Sullenberger to land the plane in the Hudson River; no one was killed. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 15: Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, a retired airline captain famous for landing a commercial jet on the Hudson River, along with passengers and crew members from the flight, raise glasses of champagne on a New York Waterway ferry in the middle of the Hudson River to celebrate the five year anniversary of "The Miracle on the Hudson" at a press conference and photo opportunity on January 15, 2014 in New York City. On January 15, 2009, Sullenberger took off from La Guardia airport while piloting US Airways Flight 1549 with 150 passengers and five crew members. The plane hit a goose shortly after take off, forcing Sullenberger to land the plane in the Hudson River; no one was killed. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 15: Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger (C), a retired airline captain famous for landing a commercial jet on the Hudson River, celebrates the five year anniversary of "The Miracle on the Hudson" at a press conference and photo opportunity on January 15, 2014 in New York City. On January 15, 2009, Sullenberger took off from La Guardia airport while piloting US Airways Flight 1549 with 150 passengers and five crew members. The plane hit a goose shortly after take off, forcing Sullenberger to land the plane in the Hudson River; no one was killed. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III, center, pilot of U.S. Airways Flight 1549, hugs Louis Salerno, a senior deck hand with N.Y. Water ways ferry, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 in New York. Salerno rescued Sullenberger after the Captain safely glided Flight 1549 with 155 passengers and crew to a water landing. Sullenberger gathered with some survivors and rescuers to mark the fifth anniversary of the event known as the "miracle on the Hudson." (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 15: Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger (L), a retired airline captain famous for landing a commercial jet on the Hudson River, shakes hands with Arthur Imperatore, founder of New York Waterway, at a press conference celebrating the five year anniversary of "The Miracle on the Hudson" on January 15, 2014 in New York City. On January 15, 2009, Sullenberger took off from La Guardia airport while piloting US Airways Flight 1549 with 150 passengers and five crew members. The plane hit a goose shortly after take off, forcing Sullenberger to land the plane in the Hudson River; no one was killed. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 15: Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger (L), a retired airline captain famous for landing a commercial jet on the Hudson River and his first officer from the flight, Jeff Skiles, celebrate the five year anniversary of "The Miracle on the Hudson" at a press conference and photo opportunity on January 15, 2014 in New York City. On January 15, 2009, Sullenberger took off from La Guardia airport while piloting US Airways Flight 1549 with 150 passengers and five crew members. The plane hit a goose shortly after take off, forcing Sullenberger to land the plane in the Hudson River; no one was killed. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 15: Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger (R), a retired airline captain famous for landing a commercial jet on the Hudson River, celebrates the five year anniversary of "The Miracle on the Hudson" with passengers and crew members at a press conference and photo opportunity on January 15, 2014 in New York City. On January 15, 2009, Sullenberger took off from La Guardia airport while piloting US Airways Flight 1549 with 150 passengers and five crew members. The plane hit a goose shortly after take off, forcing Sullenberger to land the plane in the Hudson River; no one was killed. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 15: Arthur Imperatore, founder of New York Waterway, speaks at a press conference celebrating the five year anniversary of "The Miracle on the Hudson," in which a commercial jet was landed on the Hudson river on January 15, 2014 in New York City. On January 15, 2009, Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger took off from La Guardia airport piloting US Airways Flight 1549 with 150 passengers and five crew members. The plane hit a goose shortly after take off, forcing Sullenberger to land the plane in the Hudson River; no one was killed. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Survivors of U.S. Airways Flight 1549 with155 passengers and crew, including Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III, who piloted safe water landing 5 years ago, join with their rescuers in a toast marking the anniversary of the event known as the "miracle on the Hudson," on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 15: Passengers from US Airways Flight 1549, hold each other during a press conference celebrating the five year anniversary of "The Miracle on the Hudson," in which a commercial jet was landed on the Hudson river on January 15, 2014 in New York City. On January 15, 2009, Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger took off from La Guardia airport piloting US Airways Flight 1549 with 150 passengers and five crew members. The plane hit a goose shortly after take off, forcing Sullenberger to land the plane in the Hudson River; no one was killed. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 15: Barry Leonard, a passenger on US Airways Flight 1549, speaks at a press conference celebrating the five year anniversary of "The Miracle on the Hudson," in which a commercial jet was landed on the Hudson river on January 15, 2014 in New York City. On January 15, 2009, Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger took off from La Guardia airport piloting US Airways Flight 1549 with 150 passengers and five crew members. The plane hit a goose shortly after take off, forcing Sullenberger to land the plane in the Hudson River; no one was killed. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

US Airways jet, flight 1549, is trucked past City Hall in Newark, N.J. after leaving J. Supor and Sons warehouse in Harrison, N.J. Saturday, June 4, 2011. The plane that splash-landed in the Hudson River in 2009, making a national hero of pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, is being moved to an aviation museum in North Carolina, where it will be put on permanent display. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

Former Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger talks to the media in front of the US Airways flight 1549 aircraft at the Carolina Aviation Museum, Saturday, June 11, 2011, in Charlotte, N.C. The plane that made a miraculous landing on the Hudson River two years ago will be displayed in the museum in Charlotte. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

A heavy lift crane removes US Airways flight 1549 from its makeshift mooring along a seawall in lower Manhattan, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009 in New York. Investigators began interviewing the pilot, Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger, and his co-pilot for the first time Saturday. Sullenberger guided the crippled Airbus A320 into the river on Thursday afternoon, saving the lives of all 155 people on board. (AP Photo/Edouard H.R.Gluck, Pool)

The wreckage of US Airways Flight 1549 remains submerged in the icy waters off lower Manhattan Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009 as workers continue to try to lift the Airbus A320 out of the water. Investigators began interviewing the pilot, Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger, and his co-pilot for the first time Saturday. Sullenberger guided the crippled aircraft into the river on Thursday afternoon, saving the lives of all 155 people on board. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

NEW YORK - JANUARY 16: The wreckage of a wing of US Airways jetliner flight 1549 floats in the Hudson River as investigations begin on the accident on January 16, 2009 near Battery Park City in New York City. Yesterday the pilot, Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, 57, of the damaged plane landed the aircraft in the river with all 155 people aboard surviving. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

NEW YORK - JANUARY 16: The wreckage of US Airways flight 1549 floats in the Hudson River as investigations into the accident continue on January 16, 2009 near Battery Park City in New York City. Yesterday the pilot, Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, 57, of the damaged plane landed the aircraft in the river with all 155 people aboard surviving. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

NEW YORK - JANUARY 16: The tail of the wreckage of US Airways jetliner flight 1549 floats in the Hudson River as investigators hope to pull the craft from the river later today on January 16, 2009 near Battery Park City in New York City. Yesterday the pilot, Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, 57, of the damaged plane landed the aircraft in the river with all 155 people aboard surviving. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Photos: ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ survivors mark 5 years

The pilot, crew and passengers who were on board a plane that made an extraordinary landing on the Hudson River are marking the fifth anniversary of that remarkable day.
Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III, First Officer Jeff Skiles and some passengers who were on US Airways Flight 1549 on Wednesday are expected to join some of the ferry crews who rescued them from the cold waters on Jan. 15, 2009.